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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23

Removing the brain of pigeon does not
destroy it, mental faculties. 1t eau see, hear.
feel, swallow food put in its mouth, but is
incapable of originating any impulse 1t will
stand still in The attitude in which it is placed
until ittiies If starvation, hut throw 1t IN the
air and it will fy.-Chicago Times.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23

English dresSmakers are using very
long and ample skirt draperies upon
spring dresses aud decided contrasts IN
color are also noted
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23
TRorTERs AND TRoTTERs.

In certain breeds of our trotting horses we
have the material for race of cohS superior
perhaps to the English, as being more speedy.
The ordinary road horse trotter is by no
means fair representative of the horses that
have succeeded upon the track. To contest
seven or eight fast heats certainly requires
strength: and some families that have distin-
guished themselves by endurance, add TO en-
durance speed, and 10 speed beauty.
There are trotters and trotters. Jay Eye
See. besides great muscular power, has bot
tom and courage, but he is undersized and
ugly. Maud s., on the ether hand, is beautl-
fully shaped, aud her head and ears, although
somewhat large, are finely cut and extremely
aristocratic. Frances Alexander, a horse
lately exported to Germany after success
full career upon the track, Is n big, slaShlng
animal of the heroic type, fit to serve
painter as a model of a war horse Wedge
wood again, his old competitor, has the es-
sential qualities of the cob with the addition
of great speed, for ne is strong, gentle, cour-
aceous and of a well rounded shape
Clearly the American cob waits but the
| man and the hour Our trainers are better
| than the English horse breakers, for they ap
| preciate more keenly the nervous, sensitive
| docIle nature of the animal To horsemen Of
| the old school, and even of the present Eng
| Hsh school, an account of the long and patient
| process by which Maud S. was converted
| from a wild and ungovernable to a safe ant
gentle disposition, would read like senti
| mental tale What can Ire done to hasten tbs
| development of the American cob. There L
in New York flourishing club of amateur
devoted to the trotter and similar one ha
| lust been started in Boston. Why shoul'
there not also be an association Of tbos
numerous horse lovers who prefer buggy o
dog cart to a side bar wagon, and VIII
would rather drive fifteen miles in all hou
than 1,300 feet in thirty seconds.-1h
Epoch.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23
For sale by T II. Thomas.

Enameled Jewelry is more popular than
ever Flowers of all kinds glistening
with diamond dcwdrops make striking
nins and pcndants
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23

Some OF the new sateens have as de-
signs tennis implements, oars crossed
snow shoes, toboggan figures and the like
upon dark grounds
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23

Paper knife and book marker COM
bined is a new and ingenious thing that
comes in olive wood.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23

: Saratoga expects the busiest season in
its history this year, and so do many
other resorts.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23
RESIDENCE PROPERTY.

Nc IS ont half acre lot, two story frame
house 2sx36. Barn, = od we'll cistern. t.,
81 400
No 20 Good six room two story dwelling
house and lot IN Broo 5 a." di'ion clstern. well,
sn al frult. si'Su
No 81. bargain in two story frame house
on sixth avenue and TweulS second street; GOOD
lot, &c. Can be paid for in mon hly installmen
Reuts for $40. - 500
No. 73 Nice two story dwelling on Sixth ave .
splendid condition; well ci-tern and bsru; easy
terms ........,.............. s. 800
NO 81 Lar,e two story brick on Nineteenth
street; larg ATTIC. basement, furnace. well, els
tern, Gas, wat r, hdh rooms Nery large lot. l0i
x2l6I7, good bar aud outuouses. Easy terms :
No 81 Two story frlme on Twentieth street,
between Fifth and sixth avenuee; lot 45Xlt0 9
easy terms 't--'.---'' Si'0""
No 9i Two story 'rame ost s.501: lot S0SS0,
on Seventh avenue bel5w 81 venih st -. 81 200
No gG. House aud lot oi Fourtceth and-a half
strset beetweeu Sew nth an Eighth 'venues-
good well, cistern, ce lar, etc Lot 5Ox 10. 81 20
No 81. Good residence property on Eleventh
street Good sized lot; new addition TO house
81 900 down, balance 10 suit s. 500
No. ~ Good property Second avenue. lot
worth $1,000 wll sell for 81 ,925 This Is the big
geSt bargain in the c iy.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23
SAFE AND SURE!
Real Estate in Rock Island.

No l01. Fincly locat d residence on Second
Avenue two story brick, ten rooms. goo els ern
well and cellar water werks. barn and outhousts:
nice thrifty trees a splendid lawn. One.thlrd
down. bal 1nce cay terms. S4-o'o
No 1U3 Two stoIv s-room house on Twenty
first street Sood barn. large lot and all the con
veniences; $500 down. balance on time .s1'W
No III Double tenement hou on Ski street:
rents well. One third down, balance IN !, :. and
years si'oNN
No IL and one-htlf story house, sixth
street and Fourth avenue; lot 4ox64. One -thlri
down balance in tree wears .........-...... SoVo
No 1l3. Two story house on Fourth ayenue'
lot l0x100: waterworks. etc, Une third down
balance easy -Si'a''V
No ia House on Seventeenth street; lot COX
40: well located. One-third down, balance en-
No us. Fine residen on Fourth avenue be
tween fw, 18TH and Thirteenth streets: lot S'xlJo.
high and dry splendid cellar ~ feat in the clear
arge 10-room hous; bath rooms. hot and cold
water furnace, etc : large barn. house atone cost
nearly Sl0Ool Will sell on easy terms. Price
No. III. Good house and lot on Eighth avenu /;
splendid condition; well built; a barpaln. S3,so
No. lis Fine residence; one OF the neatest in
the city: s5x5l: IL rooms basement; bath rooms.
hot aud cold water: lot 7lxl50; lscated on Fourth
avenue. Very easy 'erms- so'eN
No. 1lq. -plendld property on Moline avenue
very large lot good b use barn, etc -.- S''JV
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23


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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23
HARPER HOUSE DRUG STORE

Drug Western Illinois Not only Patent
Medicines but all Standard Drugs Fancy Goods and Mis-
celaneous Read the
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23
UNDERSIZED HORSES.
WHAT FRENCH CAVALRY OFFICERS
THOUGHT OF OUR HORSES.

Good and Bad Qualities of an American
Turn Out-Breeding for Speed, Regard
less of Beauty or Endurance-The
American Cob waiting.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23

We have for sale large three story brick building well To-
Gated suitable for wholesale house of almost descrp
on Large lot 81 500 down: balance can years.
will pay purchaser 81 900 for the of building until JAN
nary 1888 Price $1,000
good story building in splendid condition. located
right in the business of the city Lot 100 feet Deep
terms Price 5000
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23
COMPETITION DEFIED.
PRICES WARRANTED

to be 20 to 30 per cent cheaper at the
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23
In McMaster's Addition.

We have in this addition the best bar-
gains in vacant lots to be found IN the
city. LARGE LoTs, LONG TINE. EASY
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23

In Dodge's Addition.
Lower than they have ever been offer
ed. Prices range from 5000 to 1915, -
Terms one third cash, balance in two
years.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23
q
LOTS.
In Allen & Fleming's Addit'n,

Ranging in price from $50 TO $500
Terms, one half cash, balance in two
years.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-23

ssf want bargains in city outside property call on
Now is the time buy Real Estate in Rock Island 1t is
SAFE AND SURE The future promises much that will be
beneficial to the city Everything points to increased values in
realty.
DON'T w A TT
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-08-25
1Copg7z9H, zss7. By The T. " Kellogg NesrsDaDz
CoDsp0ngl

PART H-CHAPTER vIL-CoSr1SuEn.
Lou appear very much shocked, -
pursued Hunter. '.Well, YOU NAV
look as You like and think what YOU
please;;@ but you're going to die right
there where you are T" t
- Coward cried Craw-
ford Would you murder a sorely
wounded man who has fallen in de-
tense of his friend?''
'.You use rather harsh terms" re-
Piled Hunter. concealing the triumph
Of his revenge under his sneering man
ner. But In tell you just what I'm
going to do. and then you can call it
what name you please. Here have the
gold that our. highly-esteemed friend,
the late Captain Willis, brought with
him from Havana It's no very great
sum-that is, in comparison with what
be secreted in the. cellar of the old
house in Provincetown; but it will take
me comfortably there, and keep me
until I can mature and carry out a
plan to get that treasure For II have
i-by George, I'll have it, You see,
l know the Captains secret. suspect
ed something of the kind there in
PreEincetown, and coaxed him TO
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-08-25

Deaths Caused DIV the Sh8mefui AQu1t6r8-
ton of Food Products.
Instances of ice-cream poisoning con-
tinue to multiply. The cause, how
ever, remains as far beyond discovery
as ever. Cheese poisoning, dried-beef
poisonings and canued-meat poisonings
are also of frequent occurrence. Such
catasthrophes were in former times un-
known. When pure milk, pure eggs
and pure favors were used for ice
cream. when cheese was made of milk
and curded with genuine animal rem
net, end meat was cured with simple
salt. they did not become poison by
chemical action, nor even through
putridity.
With modern discoveries in science,
all kinds of chemical mixtures are
made to take the place of pure, unso-
phisticated products. Milk is doc
tored; cream is doctored; artificial sub
stitutes for eggs and butter are used;
flavors are made from mysterious in
gradients, in compromising ice-cream.
In the supplies of cheese-factories sub
stitutes are used that produce more
curd from the milk, and that color it
SO as to resemble the natural cream
and yellow hues derived from the grass
in pastures. In preserving meat
chemical agencies are supplied to rein
force the Offices filled by salt in the pro-
cess
These new ingredients used in food
products doubtless, in combination or
in the process of putrefaction, would
produce poisons unknown TO chemical
science, and such as have no lurking
place in the products of nature honest
" prepared for human food. The ice
cream poisons. the cheese poisons and
the canned meat poisons, loosely
known by new names. are produced
by the decomposition of the sophisti-
Gated and strange substances of which
limitations of old articles of pure food
are composed. If those producing ice
cream. cheese. cured meats and SINH
lar articles should return to the use of
pure natural materials the new poisons
would disappear-C Chicago Journal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-08-25

months. Water is brought in skins.
holding on an average three pailfulls
each; and for a skin of water one must
pay from five to ten cents. For poor
people this is a very great hardship;
consequently. the least possible amount
of water is used, and it need hardly be
said that indescribable filth abounds
Houses are Invariably built of stone
and are much more expensive than one
would suppose Stones have to be
quarried. transported on the backs of
camels. cut into proper shape. and
finally built into walls IF the house
is two stories high, and the rooms are
large, the walls have to be two, and
sometimes three feet thick. in order
to support the great weight resting
upon them A vast amount of stone
and mortar is consumed in making the
arches that support the upper floors or
the roof and likewise in the roof itself
The amount of water used in prepar-
ing the mortar sometimes costs alone
several hundred dollars, if the house is
large one.-Dr Seldh Merrill late
U S. CONSUL
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-08-25
MODERN JERUSALEM.
The Poverty and Unsatisfactory Conditio
of Its Inhabitants.

The Poverty and Unsatisfactory Condition
of Its Inhabitants.
Jerusalem has no wealth. Fifty or
one hundred years ago, it could boast
of some wealthy families. Their prop
erty has. however, been scattered and
reduced, until their descendants of the
present generation are either poor, or
possessed of barely enough to support
them The city is poor, the people are
impoverished. and half of the inhabi-
tants scarcely know from day to day
where they are going to get their daily
bread.
But poor as people and city are.
rents are exorbitantly high Since
the houses are built Of stone. there is
no danger of loss by fire. Hence fam
lilies having q little money on which
they are dependent for support will
build house with it, because the in
vestment is the best one they can make.
There is no risks, and the high rents
insure a good rate of interest
Only a well-to-do family can occupy
an entire house. In hundreds of cases a
family numbering four or eight persons
viii occupy but a single room. In a
house of six or eight rooms, there will
be as many families. They all cook
and wash in large open court. TO
which each family has access This
fact will give an idea of how crowded
some of the houses are Thepeople are
obliged to live in this way. because they
have not money enough TO hire more
room.
Il is very expensive building houses
in Jerusalem The first step is to dig
cistern. This costs so much that the
owner will dig only a small cistern.
when he should build one FIVE times
the size All the fam lilies in the house
use water from this cistern. During
the rainy season there is ssfficient
water; but by May or the first of June
at the least the cistern is dry. Ne
rain falls until November or Decem-
Der; consequently. these people
must buy wafer for four or five
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-08-25
SWORDS OF INDIA.
Deadly Weapons Carried by the Sepoy
Persians and AfghaRs.

Deadly Weapons Carried by the Sepoys,
Persians and AfghaRs.
Among some military trophies /
once saw very rude, rusty teghar-
locally worth a shilling-which had
clearly decapitated a raw recruit
severing coat collar. brass buckle and
caste necklet of hard enamel beads.
The nimble village rebel had sprung
on the Sepoy from ambush while trim
ming his f1intlock after a misfire.
This and all the low-priced teghars
and tulwars are Of very soft metal,
capable of being bent and Strengthened
across the blade, while the arch or
cutting portion, with razor-edge.
offers immense resistance in the hands
of an expert who, behind his shield.
can watch and measure his opportun-
ity. Only the straight thrust of Brit
ish bayonets or dragon blades can
reach them.
The metal and finish of cutting arms
improve when we enter North India
Hard steel of fine temper and high
workmanship used to be common un-
til two Sikh wars and the great mu-
tiny abolished the demand for such
deadly wares. The skilful Moham-
medan craftsman had to emigrate for
a livelihood, or TO often dwindled into
a blacksmith of harmless occupation.
/ remember in the good old times of
the East India COMPANY itinerant
sword peddlers, Persians and Afghans
of great stature and big turbans.
'.Do you want any swords?h
"Yes; but where are they?"
Here and the vendors hands
were lifted to his head-cloth, where
they CROPPED awhile. Out sprang
three or four shining steel snakes,
elastic blades, unhandled la mode,
ego to ESQ each in value, sometimes
more Then the dealer put them
through various severe tests to satisfy
his customer. packing them away
again in their hiding place should
there be no sale, and going on his
road But there were many shapes
and sizes and sorts of cimeters of
great price, harder and less flexible.
botn plain and damascened The
black steel of Khorassan. very rare in
the market reputed to cut off the
neck of an anvil-an Eastern anvil,
of course; the Partisan and Central
Asian specimens. elegantly watered in
circular veins. seem so light that
girl could use them, others so heavy
that height and length of arm, with
breadth of chest, were needful gifts
of nature to utilize them-men like
Rob Row. or "Mahmud Ghuzni,"
whose hands hung below their knees.
The latter notable carried an awful
steel mace in preference to sword.
and smashed idols and idolators with
his own arms on all occasions. En-
oEish Mechanic
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-08-25
DEsPIcAeLE ToADiEs.

grace to Their Country.
There is a certain class of people
who, though by birth Americans, are
Americans in no other respect To
them Europe is the Mecca of their
social world, and its out-at-elbows
aristocracy the gods of their idolatry.
Abroad they ape the manners of their
unworthy models; at home. nothing
has a value to them unless it bears .
foreign trademark. Could Europe
take them completely off our hands, we
should havs little cause for aught save
the traditional bad penny, they return
to our shores to disgust US with their
un-American ways. their assumed inn
portance and their stupid champion
ship of obsolete ideas of caste.
The fair fame of our beloved
country suffers in the eyes of
Europeans through these people,
and it is no wonder that the name
American becomes almost q reproach
through being borne by such unworthy
representatives. II there is one thing
that exalts this country above all 9th
ers 1t is that here individual mental
and moral worth are alone the pass
ports to distinction. and the mere ac-
cident of birth can not dignity the
mental poverty of the imbecile or gloss
over the moral deprivity Of the profit
gate. This it is that gives our beloved
country pre-eminence over all others.
and it is her guarantee OF attainment
to still greater glory. The true Amcri-
can honors his country and himself In
emphasizing by word and act his adj
herence to the principle Of the indi-
yidual worth as the only just standard
of the man, while the un- American.
shallow-pated creatures. whose eyes
are blinded by the mere glamor OF .
title, only invite the ridicule OF those
to whom they toady. and cast discredit
on the country to whose traditions they
are necreant. Boston Budget.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-08-25
A New London butcher is authori,

A New London butcher is authority
for the statement that calf jumped
into the Thames river at Gales ferry
after romping through the fields until
he was nearly wild. and when he
struck the water started down the
river. A strong freshet was running
with the tide, and the calf went down
the Thames at q tremendous speed,
reaching Winthrop's point about ff-
teen minutes after starting. The time
made by the calf is altogether faster
than any record of the college boat
crews
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-08-25
BEAUTIFUL CASTLES.
Huge and Costly Structures Built by Pos
King Ludwig of Bavaria.

King Ludwig of Bavaria.
1t is difficult for the traveller in West
ern Europe to find matter for descrip-
ton which is not already so hack
neyed that it is impairment to say any
thing more about it. Tho castles of
the late King of Bavaria therefore
afford an opportunity quite unusual,
for no Iguide books excepting those
published within the last few months)
have any thing to say about them. All
the world knows something OF the
habits of the eccentric monarch. and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-08-25

and they all gave her their simple
tribute of respect and admiration.
Hats were not only touched. but taken
off; heads were bowed; there was a
general exhibition of respect and awk-
ward gallantry.
s Helen Willis came along, feeling sad
and nervous with the thoughts that
were pressed upon her by the failure of
news from her father-and from an
other. She knew the old tars whom
she saw standing up respectfully to
greet her; and, sad as she was, she
could not help smiling gratefully and
nodding to their salHtation.
ITO BE CoNTINUED1
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-08-25
Grass stains are troublesonl

Grass stains are troublesome to
remove, but soft soap and soda is us
ually cffectuaL After having wet the
stained parts. rub in the soap and as
much baking soda as will adher; let
this stand half an hour and wash in
the usual manner. Whiting is also
used with soft soap for the same pur-
pose.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-08-25

take me on this voyage. that might
discover his secret What dye think
Of me now?"
You are devil" Crawford said.
THANK you. Take some more
water; l want to keep you alive till
can tell you what mean tn do. You
are the man who came between me and
Helen Willis. Here you are. dying a
miserable death, while am going back
to gain the Captains treasure and win
his daughter. Ha-how does that pict-
ure strike you?''
God viii never permit such villainy
TO triumph" Crawford said. family
but firmly. Il tell you now. you will
= be overtaken and punished. Helen
Willis is not for you.-not for you!
Dear Nellie! God help US both!-but
she's not for your
: ..She's certainly not for your Hunter
aretorted. He came close to Crawford.
he even knelt over him and glowered
upon him.
Il did not finish telling You what 1
meant to do. 1t will be convenient,
and think prudent, for me to destroy
all the evidence of this little affair.
Dead men tell no tales, you know. and
2 think can tell a story about it that
will be believed. / shall fire the vessel;
I shall destroy you and all of those
drunken beasts below that are still
alive I shall wade ashore, reach Mas
sau some time tomorrow, take the
first steamer for New York, and the
rest is easy. So fareweHs Mr.. Eraw-
ford! You'll begin to think you'd bet
ter died in Cuba"
He delayed no longer. Taking nm
his bags of gold, he hurried forward
and down into the hold. He remained
there ut lesst twenty minutes. When
he came up again he went to the bow,
fastened rope about the bowsprit,
and let himself down into the water.
It was hardly knee-deep. He waded
ashore with his treasure under his
arms He paused a moment on the
low bank to take farewell look at the
bark and the motionless bodies on her
deck, plainly defined by the moonlight.
Then he disappeared.
The night wore on; the moon mount
ed higher in the heavens All was pro-
foundry silent and quiet about the YES
sci and the adjacent waters and land
Henry Crawford lay prone on his
back, his head pillowed on the body OF
poor, faithful Hardy. Somewhat re-
vived by the water, he was still too
weak to rise, or even sit up. He lay
thus quietly; his eyes-ah, how exqui-
site is the mockery of circumstances
fixed on the North Star.
He could not measure time in the
agony and WEAKNESS of his awful situa-
ton. an hour might have been week
This man was east in an heroic
mold: in him were the blood and the
nerve to perform any great action that
occasion brought in his way.
So he was not one to despair. de
had never despaired, however appar-
entity hopeless the situation! Perhaps
he came nearer to it that night than
ever before
For. while he lay there among the
dead. abandoned to perish. with
aching wounds and strength drained
a,way. he became conscious OF strong |
smell of smoke.
Soon the pungent scent Of burning |
tobacco was plainly to be perceived
a thread of SMOKE ascendea from
the companion-way The whole for
ward deck presently smoked from
every seam
Soon great volume of thick black
smoke poured out. A long tongue OF |
Gre leaped up; it caught the shrouds
md ran nm 70 the sails The Kissing